We look the work of physiotherapy provider Bespoke Wellbeing and the charity The Advocacy Project, who together won “Best musculoskeletal initiative” at last year's Occupational Health and Wellbeing Awards.
Nic Paton
Nic Paton
Nic Paton is consulting editor of OHW+. One of the country's foremost workplace health journalists, Nic has written for OHW+ and Occupational Health & Wellbeing since 2001, and edited the magazine from 2018.
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The government’s long-awaited response to its 2019 workplace health consultation Health is everyone’s business was finally published this week. And...
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The government is to test how offering a subsidy might encourage more employers to invest in occupational health provision, but...
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A programme has been launched to look at ways to expand the delivery of occupational health services within the NHS...
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‘The reputation of the service, the perception of OH, has really changed, and in a positive way’
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAs this year’s Occupational Health & Wellbeing Awards 2021 are launched, we will over the next four months be revisiting...
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The past year of pandemic and crisis has been immensely challenging for everyone working within occupational health. Now’s the time...
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Many employees remain deeply fearful and anxious about the prospect of returning to physical workplaces once Covid-19 restrictions begin to...
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Employers are being warned to be vigilant around the possible risks of Legionnaires’ disease lurking in long-closed workplaces that could...
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Faculty urges caution on reopening, and advises on vaccination and testing
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAs occupational health practitioners brace themselves for the easing of Covid restrictions next week, the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM)...
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As society, and our economy, gradually returns to some sort of ‘normality’, occupational health will be in more demand than...
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Senior health official Jean King has hinted at what to expect from the government's response to its Health is everyone's business consultation.
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Obesity was a growing problem even before the pandemic, but the links between being overweight and poorer outcomes from a...
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A leading government health official has praised OH's response to the pandemic.
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Jaguar Land Rover pilot shows how OH can help in reaching ‘vaccine hesitant’
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonWith the UK’s journey out of the Covid-19 pandemic increasingly appearing to be a race between vaccination and variants, how...